Adobe® Acrobat X™ Multimedia Projects

Most people are under the impression that Adobe® Acrobat ™ is just a PDF Creator and reader. However, Adobe® Acrobat X™ is so much more than that.

Are you looking to create the ultimate multimedia project? Whether it’s for a presentation or an in house project, you cannot afford not to have Adobe® Acrobat X™ on your side. With its phenomenal capabilities, including being able to easily and effectively insert various types of media such as hyperlinks, videos, animation, 3D and sound integration, Adobe® Acrobat X™ has all you need and that much more. We at Friends of Design have recently launched our new range of corporate courses to specifically suit your needs and “Adobe® Acrobat X™ Multimedia Projects” is just one of them. We will show you how to create professional and  eye catching multimedia projects, and how to insert different types of media across the platform, even including files such as xls., word, simple text, Adobe® Illustrator , Adobe® Photoshop™ and Adobe® Flash™ files. Projects and Presentations are easily shared across your network using groundbreaking collaborative tools. So don’t delay, book now to ensure your seat! 

Adobe® Acrobat X™ General Workflows

Most people are under the impression that Adobe® Acrobat X™ is just a PDF Creator and reader. However, Adobe® Acrobat X™ is so much more than that.

Are you looking for ways to streamline and manage your company’s workflows with greater ease and efficiency? Want to increase productivity whilst ensuring that your staff are all on the same page? Adobe® Acrobat X™ has revolutionized the workflow of a variety of industries, by way of its user friendly interface and cutting edge sharing capabilities. We will show you how to effectively manage your workflows with Adobe® Indesign™, Adobe® Photoshop™ and Adobe® Illustrator™, using Adobe® Acrobat X™, and give you the skills to be able to easily navigate and use the basic tools of this incredible program with absolute confidence. Share, manage and collaborate while reducing costs and increasing output.

Adobe® Acrobat X™ : Interactive Design

Most people are under the impression that Adobe® Acrobat X™ is just a PDF Creator and reader. However, Adobe® Acrobat X™ is so much more than that.

Want to be able to create fantastic interactive presentations? Looking for ways to easily insert multiple bookmarks, hyperlinks and buttons into your ezine or online brochures? Wouldn’t it be great to interact with your target market using eye catching designs on user friendly online documents? In this course, we will show you how to make the most of Adobe® Acrobat X™ to do all this and much more. Among various other easy to use tools, we will show you how to create high quality and visually stunning documents that stand out from the crowd, insert various links and speed up your workflow using the sharing and collaborating capabilities of this popular program.

Adobe® Acrobat X™ Form Design

Most people are under the impression that Adobe® Acrobat X™ is just a PDF Creator and reader. However, Adobe® Acrobat X™ is so much more than that.

Are you looking for ways to reduce cumbersome paperwork? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to create, assemble and distribute documents with greater ease whilst ensuring high standards of quality and attention to detail are maintained? With this course, Your paperwork has never been smoother or easier to handle using Adobe® Acrobat X™. In addition to showing you how to create and store forms online, we will teach you how to manage these forms, update them with ease and make sure that they stand out in terms of design and usability. This will help your company to save both time and money whilst increasing efficiency and productivity.

Cybertactics – Web Strategy (Theory for Advertising Creatives)

We at Friends of design are offering you an amazing interaction tool that bridges the gap between screen design and development.

This training programme is especially tailored towards traditional designers and its intention is to lead creatives through all essential theoretical topics necessary to equip them with the skills and confidence to conceptualise and design campaigns for the online medium. We will lead you through theoretical training, applicable to all creatives involved in any conceptual work around online media. Included is a list of popular topics ranging from comparisons between traditional and online approaches to screen design principles and much more. This will be followed by software training in Adobe® Photoshop™ and Adobe® Flash Catalyst™ which is applicable to those who need to do actual prototyping file creation.

Adobe® Illustrator™ for Packaging Design

It’s every designer’s dream to be able to speak directly to the consumer through innovative, individual and original branding, and when your design is among thousands, it’s important to ensure distinctive, visually memorable designs that leap out and leave a lasting impression.

Packaging Design is really all about the art of seduction and, as most of us know, great design that stands out instantly communicates class and appeal, making it more likely for the consumer to purchase the product, often only based on the packaging.

Adobe® Illustrator™ for Packaging Design will teach you how to make the most of Adobe® Illustrator™ to ensure that your designs are accurate to all technical specifications, work through colour specifications without damaging the creative essence, and make sure that content and alignment are correct. Designs can be easily adjusted , allowing you to explore more creative possibilities with ease. Output is greatly increased as a result and consistency maintained whilst keeping to the original idea.

Adobe® Photoshop™ Extended for Medical Imaging

Thought Adobe® Photoshop™ was only for creatives and graphic designers? Struggling to get the best out of your medical images? Would you like to be able to analyse them more effectively, thereby ensuring maximum levels of accuracy as well as efficiency, as well as fine tune, sift out and calibrate these images for measurement? If you have answered “Yes” to any of these questions, look no further.

This course will enhance any medical imaging specialists’ output and accuracy. We will show you how to make the most of Adobe® Photoshop™ to correct images by reducing obstructive shadows and correcting lighting imperfections amongst other techniques. You will be able to put your skills to good use by helping your patient better visually understand their condition and simultaneously improve collaboration with other professionals when diagnosing or researching. Ideal images for this purpose include photographs where great attention to detail is required such as: eye analysis, X-Ray analysis, traditional radiological images and ultrasonography images, among others.

Adobe® Photoshop™ Extended for Engineers

Thought Adobe® Photoshop™ was only for creatives and graphic designers? Want to be able to effectively measure your images, convert 2D into 3D images, then manipulate these 3D images to be able to extrude, inflate or reposition them? Wouldn’t it be great to create and extract real quantitative information from digital photographic images or drawings? Adobe® Photoshop™ will enhance any engineer’s toolbox, and output is greatly improved. Complex mechanical interactions are done quickly and with the minimum of fuss.

The ability to use Adobe® Photoshop™ in conjunction with your standard AutoCAD software for handling images efficiently and accurately are invaluable skills in the engineering field. Product Models are easily imported and manipulated for presentation to clients, and design alternatives are explored with greater efficiency using specific Adobe® Photoshop™ tools. We will show you how to make the most of Adobe® Photoshop™ to measure and convert images, and teach you the most useful tools to achieve this in the most efficient way possible, ultimately saving you time and ensuring greater attention to detail.

Adobe® After Effects™ Essential Skills

Always fancied yourself an animator? Want to put those creative skills and vivid imagination to use and create incredible motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects? Adobe® After Effects™ is truly the most widely used, industry standard software used for this, and comes along with a wide range of awesome tools, allowing you to broaden your creative horizon and explore a huge variety of effects, producing visually stunning work to your exact specifications. Make your animations come alive using footage of virtually any size and format, adding music, text and even artwork from various other Adobe® programs such as Adobe® Illustrator™, Adobe® Photoshop™, Adobe® Premier Pro, Adobe® Encore™ and Adobe® Flash™. Editing and compositing are done easily and with great efficiency, delivering work of a sophisticated quality. Adobe® After Effects™ is a groundbreaking program with plenty to offer, so don’t hesitate to book your seat with us and give yourself your animation wings.

Adobe® Premiere Comprehensive™(incl Adobe® Onlocation™, Adobe® Encore™)

Want to know everything that there is to know about video production and editing? With our Adobe® Premier™ Comprehensive course, you will walk away knowing all the ins and outs of this wide ranging professional production and editing software. Get acquainted with Adobe® Onlocation™, used for capturing and logging footage, as well as Adobe® Encore™, a versatile authoring tool that enables you to deliver interactive projects for disk. We will teach you how to use these tools and much more, giving you the ability to work effectively, constantly and efficiently, delivering streamlined video material that measures up to you and your client’s specifications. This course is a proven success, with students leaving feeling confident in their skills and eager to apply them.